Do We Have To Pay Tax On Earned Income?

You can't find the law because you are wearing a blindfold. Only fools spout this nonsense.

Well that's not quite fair to say as they create jobs. like the tax attorneys who find the loop holes and the same with the certified accountants, the rich have to pay them "maintenance" every year. You may wonder why the rich in Congress like Kerry or even Clinton were against the Bush tax cuts. Kerry is worth $180 million and his wife what a billion. Well the deal is they know that the tax guys can take a $8 million estate and turn it into a one million dollar one. Thus the estate would owe not taxes. To do this it's not that elaborate. The local attorney firms hire local crooked yokels to say cruise adn appraise the land and building or homes. I am working n one right now that the land is worth minimum of two grand and it has from 2 to 4 thousand in timber on it. What they did was have a crooked forrester adn Realtor appraise the land and timber for $500 an acre, then go back eight years or further when some property sold for $750 or less, goat pasture and use that to show the IrS. If you have 2,000 acres @ $500 that's a million, but wait it gets better. The law firms then set them up in a limited partnership or an LLC and discount it another 20%. What's funny on this one you have hoes and cash worth a million and that didn't even include the land. So once they get the crooked stuff then they send it to the fluff guy. The fluff guy takes the information and puts if up and sharpens it and puts it in a nice booklet. Why do this simple this will further insulate the cpa and law firms. Something comes up they just say "Hey, those guys did it". Then those guys say "Hey the local yokel gave us the info". They the local yokel can say they messed up or got confused. What is even worse is when one fo the IrS agents retires or leaves and goes into private practice they get tons of business shoveled way by the large law firms. Also the CPa firms are able to audit the banks and if you got a crooked bank with crooked lawyers who associate with the larger crooked firm who is hooked up with the crooked cpa firm then you have a su0per elaborate deal going on. I have talked to some of the lawyers that were irs and they say they are best of friends with the law firms. so the Democrats are upset as they know the tax cut deal only gives ore cash, I mean look at the estate of the guy that owned the baseball team. $500 million. So the Dems are mad that as they know it is already discounted down to nothing. That is why they are trying to make a deal and say someone with 5 million can be excluded, which an estate like that might go to several people and they spend some of the cash, where as the old way they only get half that. In closing the firms charge a pretty penny for this and when the person passes on they will normally call the heirs in and tell them there is a tax problem and milk it for more on this one it's up to a million. So hats off to the Democrats for whining about it but not doing anything about it. If someone had five million and is tax exempt that is good more than that do you think they are really going to spend it. I mean kerry bought a boat but docked it in another state. Since lobbyists run Congress by giving them billions * each year and employing their families how hard is it to believe there are crooked law firms, cpa firms that the feds use to audit banks and crooked fed employees and crooked judges and crooked ..................... Have a great 2011.

The way the law is written, specific items do not need to be included. Congress wrote it like this because knew that new ways of generating income would come in to existence in the future. Do you think that "derivatives" existed in 1913? They didn't. But guess what? They are taxable because the law states "....income from whatever source derived..." unless specifically excluded.

You are not the first one to state this theory. People have tried this excuse in court but it has never been victorious.

Here is a ruling from a court case from the '80s.....

>>>“[W]e have [repeatedly] held that wages are within the definition of income under the Internal Revenue Code and the Sixteenth Amendment, and are subject to taxation.”<<<

Another one.....

>>>“Wages are income, and the tax on wages is constitutional.” <<<

...and one from 2000....

>>>“[I]f anything in our tax law is clear, it is that: ‘WAGES ARE INCOME.’ ... [A]ny contention to the contrary is patently frivolous....”<<<

I could go on. You see, tax protesters have tried this excuse for decades yet have never won.

Yes, we have to pay a tax on taxable income. Compensation that you receive in exchange for your labor is a part of your gross income and at least a portion of that will most probably be taxable income.

You say that you can't find the law. Well, the law is contained within Title 26 of the U.S. Code. Read http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/jsiegel/Personal/ta... and http://www.hereisthelaw.com/

The IRS doesn't make laws. Congress makes the laws. I assume that you meant to say that the IRS cannot show anyone the law. That is incorrect. Read the explanation at http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/jsiegel/Personal/ta... Then read http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=159932,00...

Fine...don't pay. In the U.S.A. we have what is called a "voluntary tax system". So you can choose whether you want to participate or not. So just stop paying and filing if that is what you choose to do...

...just don't come crying to us when the authorities throw your misinformed, myopic butt in jail for failing to file your tax returns. You can choose to be as indignant as the Warden allows you to be.

BTW, you may want to check out the first link below to visit the IRS website that deals with Frivolous Tax Positions. I hope you have LOTS of money in the bank, because you're gonna need it for some of those hefty fines the courts can impart on you.

G'Luck with that...

Mike Womack, Sr. Partner

Zero Degrees Tax LLP

Moore, OK

Lawton, OK

Well, looking in the bottom of your toilet you're not likely to find it.

The IRS will certainly be happy to show you the law. Here's what they have to say about this stupidity:

http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=159853,00...

Obviously you don't watch the news. Just ask Wesley Snipes. I don't know which jail he is in right now but pay him a visit when you find out.

The US Tax Code *is* a law.

And it's the kind of law that you can be put in jail for breaking. I suggest you don't try.

If you can't find the law, you haven't looked very hard. If you want to just pretend there isn't one, good luck with that.

There is a law, even if you cannot find it. I found it easily. It is too long to post the entire law here, but I will post the three sections that relate to your question.

Rather than simply having one section that says you must pay, there is one section (26USC6151) saying that if you must file, then you must also pay, and another section (26USC6012) saying who must file. This makes it more confusing, but the bottom line is that if you make at least the amount referenced in section 26USC6012 subsection (a), then section 26USC6151 says that you must pay.

The reason that you did not not find it was probably because most of 26USC deals with calculating taxes, deductions, etc., and the specific requirement to pay does not appear until chapter 62. You probably did not read that far.

Persons making less than the amounts described in 26USC6012(a) are usually not required to file or pay (except in rare cases where other sections or subsections require it).

To see the latest update (the laws change from time to time), go to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/usc.cgi?AC... and click on the word "TEXT" next to the section of interest.

1. The subsection of law that says that, if you must file, then you must also pay if you do not make a Section 6014 election is 26USC6151(a)

TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

Subtitle F--Procedure and Administration

CHAPTER 62--TIME AND PLACE FOR PAYING TAX

Subchapter A--Place and Due Date for Payment of Tax

Sec. 6151. Time and place for paying tax shown on returns

(a) General rule

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, when a return of

tax is required under this title or regulations, the person required to

make such return shall, without assessment or notice and demand from the

Secretary, pay such tax to the internal revenue officer with whom the

return is filed, and shall pay such tax at the time and place fixed for

filing the return (determined without regard to any extension of time

for filing the return).

2. The subsection of law that says that, if you must file, then you must also pay if you do make a Section 6014 election is 26USC6151(b)

[same title, subtitle, chapter, subchapter, and section as above]

(b) Exceptions

(1) Income tax not computed by taxpayer

If the taxpayer elects under section 6014 not to show the tax on

the return, the amount determined by the Secretary as payable shall

be paid within 30 days after the mailing by the Secretary to the

taxpayer of a notice stating such amount and making demand therefor.

(2) Use of government depositaries

For authority of the Secretary to require payments to Government

depositaries, see section 6302(c).

3. The subsection of law that says you must file is 26USC6012(a)

TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

Subtitle F--Procedure and Administration

CHAPTER 61--INFORMATION AND RETURNS

Subchapter A--Returns and Records

PART II--TAX RETURNS OR STATEMENTS

Subpart B--Income Tax Returns

Sec. 6012. Persons required to make returns of income

(a) General rule

Returns with respect to income taxes under subtitle A shall be made

by the following:

(1)(A) Every individual having for the taxable year gross income

which equals or exceeds the exemption amount, except that a return

shall not be required of an individual--

(i) who is not married (determined by applying section

7703), is not a surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)),

is not a head of a household (as defined in section 2(b)), and

for the taxable year has gross income of less than the sum of

the exemption amount plus the basic standard deduction

applicable to such an individual,

(ii) who is a head of a household (as so defined) and for

the taxable year has gross income of less than the sum of the

exemption amount plus the basic standard deduction applicable to

such an individual,

(iii) who is a surviving spouse (as so defined) and for the

taxable year has gross income of less than the sum of the

exemption amount plus the basic standard deduction applicable to

such an individual, or

(iv) who is entitled to make a joint return and whose gross

income, when combined with the gross income of his spouse, is,

for the taxable year, less than the sum of twice the exemption

amount plus the basic standard deduction applicable to a joint

return, but only if such individual and his spouse, at the close

of the taxable year, had the same household as their home.